Leask

English

Alternative forms

• Leisk, Lusk

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a place now called Pitlurg, in Aberdeenshire.

Proper noun

Leask (plural Leasks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Leask is the 38691^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 571 individuals. Leask is most common among White (67.43%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (21.54%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Leask”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 410.